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President Truman Receiving Life Membership in 82nd Airborne Division Association

President Harry S. Truman at his desk in the Oval Office being presented life membership in the 82nd Airborne Division Association. L to R: President Truman and Sgt. Leonard Funk, Congressional Medal of Honor winner in foreground. Rear: Charles A. Young, Jr., Rev. Peter Mommersteeg, Hugh Gibson, Major General James M. Gavin, Ambassador Eelco Van Kleffens of the Netherlands, and William F. Jacobi.

President Harry S. Truman Speaks to the Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

President Truman speaks from a rostrum on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial as he addresses the closing session of the 38th annual conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Senator Wayne Morse is seated on the right in the first row. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt is seated second from the right on the first row, next to Senator Morse.

Harry S. Truman and representatives of the Press

President Harry S. Truman speaking with members of the Newspapers, Motion Pictures, and Book Publishers. Left to Right: Front Row: Judge Justin Miller, National Association of Broadcasters; President Truman; Melville Minton, American Book Publishers Council. Second Row: Donald F. Nelson, Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers; William Chenery, Publisher, Colliers Magazine; Harry F. West, American Book Publishers Association. Third Row: Colonel J. Hale Steinman, American Newspaper Association; David Howe, American Newspaper Association.